OPINION:The whisper on Williams, and the public perception
By Jolly Green Colin Williams is Director of Public Prosecutions [DPP] in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The whisper is he is leaving and seeks a new job as a High Court Judge. He has looked all over and it…
US: Broward Sheriff Israel defends his ‘Amazing Leadership’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax A defiant Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Sunday defended his “amazing leadership” of a law enforcement agency that’s come under fire for alleged missteps and lapses surrounding a mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla.,…
National Cook-Off Champions crowned at Cayman Islands Agricultural Sh
John Gray High School students Joshua McLean and Diandra Thompson cooked up a storm to win the 2018 National Youth Cook-Off final at the Agricultural Show on Ash Wednesday (Wednesday, 14 February). The 14-year-old amateur chefs, from George Town, trained…
Is Kamal Haasan’s party website registered in Cayman Islands, a tax haven?
By Pratik Sinha From Alt News “Kamal’s party website http://Maiyam.com is registered in Cayman Island.” “Maiyam Cayman Island link, Cayman Island is a Tax Haven, How did Kamal who is fighting Corruption, get people in Tax Haven to register his…
YMCA renewed for extended afterschool programme
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, Agriculture and Lands and the YMCA (Y) of the Cayman Islands have renewed the contract allowing the Y to continue managing and operating the Extended After-School Programme (EASP). The programme is currently offered at…
Boy, 12, dies after falling from cliff in French ski resort of Avoriaz
From BBC A 12-year-old boy has died after falling off a cliff near the ski resort of Avoriaz in the French Alps. The boy and his 10-year-old brother, who were on a skiing holiday, went down a mountain and strayed…
Greece: Tax authorities to cross-check assets abroad
By PROKOPIS HATZINIKOLAOU From ekathimerini.com The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has received detailed information on all the assets – real estate properties, deposits, investments – held by 100,000 Greek taxpayers in 10 other European Union countries. The initiative concerns…
Caribbean heritage from the simplicity of clay
From Jamaica Gleaner I first met Patricia “Tricia” Fay on one of her trips to Jamaica. She was travelling with a potter from Saint Lucia, where Fay had lived for two years. Fay, a professional potter in Massachusetts, in 1993, she…
Tourists ruined travel destinations
7 massively popular travel destinations that tourists have ruined By Mary Hanbury, Business Insider Between 2011 and 2015, the number of tourists visiting Iceland almost doubled from 566,000 to over 1 million. Robert Hoetink / Shutterstock.com Social media is our…
We found the ultimate Caribbean beach bar (It’s made of driftwood and a mile offshore)
By MARY TOMLINSON From Coastal Living Less than a mile off Jamaica’s southwest shore (literally in the middle of the water—Google Map it!) sits the humble wooden bar of your beachside hangout dreams, Floyd’s Pelican Bar. The handcrafted structure, built…